Artificial bait.



No. 841,506. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

L. P. GIBSON.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZO.19OG.

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LORENZO PRENTICE GIBSON. 01? LITTLE Rock, ARKANSAS.

ARTIFlCIAL BAIT. 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 15', 1907.

Application filed June 20, 1906. Serial No. 322,568.

laski and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved ArtificialBait, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact descr ption.

The invention relates to fishing; and Its object is to provide a new andimproved artificial bait arranged to readily spin or revolve around thehook whenever the device is drawn through the water as in ordinaryflycasting. h

The invention consists of novel features and artsand combinations of thesame, whicliwill be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theview.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlargedsectional side elevation of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; and Fig.3 is an enlar ed front end elevation of the same, the snell ein shown insection.

The snell or leader Aof t e fishing-tackle is attached to the shank ofan ordina fishhook B by a suitable ganging C, on w 'ch is mounted torotate loosely the tubular. body D of an'artificial bait D 1n the formof a fly,

the said tubular body D being provided with a U-shaped head D having acentral aperture D for the passage of the snell 'A, as

lainly illustrated in the drawings. The

eadD is provided on its sides with small I propeller-blades D, and thetubular body D 1s preferably providedvvith a cover D of silk floss orother suitable material, and to the coverin are secured Wings D",arranged spirally ant l located diametricallyo poslte each other, asplainly indicated in t e drawin s.

Now by the .arrangement described t e wings D", as well as thepropeller-blades D the device is drawn through the water as in ordinaryfly-casting. In order to permit free rotation of the tubular bodyD onthe ganging 0 and to hold the parts in proper relation to each other,one or more a ertured beads E are provided, through whic passes thesnell A, and which are interposed between the end of the fish-ho0k shankB and the head D, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The tubular body D, as well as the head D and the propeller-blades D,are preferably made of metal,while the wings D are referably feathers,and, if desired, tail-feat 'ers F may be ganged to the shank of thefish-hook B, at the rear end thereof, as plainly indicated in thedrawings.

The device shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction, readily revolves directly on the shank of the fishhookthatis, in close proximity to the hook roperand consequently the fish,attracted iiy the artificial revolving bait, are safely caught on thehook 'pro er.

Having thus descri ed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent An artificial fly comprising a tubular body forrevolving on a fish-hook, a head on the body' having an aperture for thepassage of 75 i In testimony whereof I have signed my, name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A v LORENZO PRENTI OE GIBSON.

Witnesses:

J. E. ENGLAND, Jr., J x W. KIRICWOOD.

cause a rotation of the artificial bait D when,

